Edward Seago
A Suffolk Landscape, circa 1955
Oil on board
22 x 36 in / 56 x 91.5 cm
Signed ‘Edward Seago’ (lower left); inscribed ‘Suffolk Landscape’ (on reverse)
Seago’s best known subject is arguably that of his birthplace, East Anglia. Housebound for much of his childhood due to illness, Seago learned to embrace the rural views that surrounded...
Seago’s best known subject is arguably that of his
birthplace, East Anglia. Housebound for much of his childhood due to illness,
Seago learned to embrace the rural views that surrounded him from a young age,
developing a passion for nature which lasted the rest of his life. After
returning from the frontlines of Italy in 1945, Seago began painting primarily
Norfolk and Suffolk vistas, concentrating, as Constable had, on the places he
knew best. Fields, hamlets, windmills and waterways were captured across all
seasons with a richness and romantic quality of light and colour.
Provenance
P & D Colnaghi & Co. Ltd., London.Private collection, UK.